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We just took our first step and cancelled Netflix! It's a small thing compared to some of you, but we're here to stay! Becoming more and more aware and striving to buy European!

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[โ€“] stardust@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago (6 children)
[โ€“] gruvn@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Thanks for the tip - hadn't heard about the Avast news, and wasn't aware Windows Defender might be sufficient. I'll look into it.

I'll confess to still using WhatsApp, cause I don't have it in my heart to force my 80 year old mother to learn signal.

Oh - and I'm replacing gmail (email and calendar) with Proton. I think the CEO isn't great, but it's a very similar service, and it's not US based. Any recommendations for alternatives to Android and Apple? I'm getting less comfortable with how much data Google has (and I don't like iOS).

[โ€“] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Proton the company recently deleted their Mastodon to exclusively use Twitter. They are very sketchy.

[โ€“] sniggleboots@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

"very sketchy" compared to what standard though

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